[Malcolm Armsteen]

If that's the case, then can we have a 'serious' Dacre's Drip thread, where the real corrosive stuff doesn't get mixed in with the simply lame?

[Timbo]

Upon cursory glance, it seems that there are some stories in here that might have been better in one of the 'mail fail' threads. That said the re-organisation is still fresh, we all make mistakes, and I don't think anybody will learn or gain anything by picking at this any further.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Ah. So what are you planning?

[Big Arnold]

A deliberately misleading headline is one of his ways.

I'm not convinced of that. Many examples here are trivial, and I think the usual reason is that the headline is written by a sub-editor who hasn't read the article properly.
I favour moving "Headline vs story" elsewhere.

[lord_kobel]

Eh, sometime, but often it's deliberate. Wasn't there something about a headline not having to be true, as it apparently counts as "Editorial" and thus free to lie...

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Looks to me like we've got a consensus here. Misleading headlines - maybe. Subbies getting it arse about face - not Dacre's Drip.

[Daley Mayle]

The thread is now back in Dacre's Drip. Further posts about misleading headlines should reflect the nature of this particular sub-forum.

[oboogie]

Thankee koindly, Sorr. *tugs forelock*

[Daley Mayle]

Thankee koindly, Sorr. *tugs forelock*

*accidentally catches the back of Boogers' head with my riding crop.*

[oboogie]

Thankee koindly, Sorr. *tugs forelock*

*accidentally catches the back of Boogers' head with my riding crop.*

*Begging your forgiveness for despoiling your fine crop with my mangy scalp, Sorr*

[Abernathy]

The thread is now back in Dacre's Drip.

If you'll allow a small pedantic digression, the section is currently called "The Dacre Drip", not the original (coined by Malcolm, I believe) "Dacre's Drip" - which I consider to be better.

It would be good if this small error could be rectified.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Indeed I did describe it thus, and you are correct about the formulation.

We might also have a 'Dacre's Dystopia' section, for descriptions of the dysfunctional world recognised only in the Mail's alternative reality.

[Paul]

A deliberately misleading headline is one of his ways.

I'm not convinced of that. Many examples here are trivial, and I think the usual reason is that the headline is written by a sub-editor who hasn't read the article properly.
I favour moving "Headline vs story" elsewhere.

Where did I read that the on-line subbing had been outsourced to Australia somewhere?

Was it in P E ?

[Big Arnold]

City high-flyer in sex bias case brings hearing to a halt to breastfeed her baby

Having brought Heidi to the tribunal in central London, Miss Tantum left to breastfeed her during a break.
Her fiancé Stuart Tozer and his mother have also been on hand to look after the baby in the four-day hearing.

. . and as if to prove a point, she proved exactly why she was let go, by interrupting her own unfair dismissal proceedings by breastfeeding . . . frankly I wouldn't want her as my lawyer with a unfocused attitude like that
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[Big Arnold]

Husband broke into ex-wife's house and tried to kill her in knife attack 10 years after they split
Paul Walerysiak jailed for 18 years for attempted murder of his ex-wife
Court heard a financial disagreement 'may have pushed him over the edge'
Denied murdering ex-wife but his keys were in back door of her home

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